One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema

One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema

Before he passed away, iconic filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich began working on a podcast that he lovingly called One Handshake Away. In doing so, Bogdanovich sat down for intimate conversations with his favorite contemporary directors - some of the biggest names in show business, including Guillermo Del Toro, Rian Johnson, Greta Gerwig, and Allison Anders - to discuss the greats from Hollywood’s Golden Age and revisit never-before-heard interviews that Bogdanovich conducted early in his career with luminaries like Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, John Ford and Howard Hawks. These conversations are a love story to cinema, bringing the listener just One Handshake Away from the icons of Hollywood, past and present.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 1: Guillermo del Toro & Alfred Hitchock

Peter Bogdanovich sits down with his friend and fellow director, Guillermo del Toro, for a conversation about the life and career of "the master of suspense", Alfred Hitchock. This uniquely in-depth, candid and personal discussion features never-before-heard audio from interviews that Bogdanovich conducted with Hitchcock in the 1960s.Please follow this link for a transcript to this episode: https://bit.ly/OHA-GDT-Transcript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 2: Quentin Tarantino & Don Siegel

Quentin Tarantino and Peter Bogdanovich are kindred spirits in their obsession with cinema, which comes across in their conversation about one of the preeminent genre filmmakers in Hollywood history, Don Siegel. Tarantino dissects his favorite selections from Siegel's filmography and Bogdanovich shares anecdotes and audio from his interviews with Siegel in the 1970s. Please follow this link for a transcript to this episode: https://bit.ly/OHA-QT-Transcript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 3: Rian Johnson & Orson Welles

The legendary Orson Welles was a genius of filmmaking. He was also a mentor and father figure to Peter Bogdanovich, who interviewed Welles many times over the course of his life. Bogdanovich sits down with Rian Johnson for a conversation about the life and career of the iconic Orson Welles, along with stories and insights into their complicated personal relationship. Please follow this link for a transcript to this episode: https://bit.ly/OHA-RJ-Transcript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 4: Ken Burns & John Ford

Peter Bogdanovich sits down with the iconic American documentarian, Ken Burns, to discuss the work of John Ford. Interwoven with never-before-heard tapes, Burns discusses how Ford was instrumental in shaping his sense of cinema and storytelling, even if Ford's work is based in legend, while Burns' is based in fact.Please follow this link for a transcript to this episode: https://bit.ly/OHA-KB-Transcript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices